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New resource: One-page guides to state-level prison gerrymandering

Now available: one-pagers highlighting the impact of prison gerrymandering on Black, Native, and Latino residents in 14 states covered by our recently-published reports.

by Aleks Kajstura, November 28, 2025

A new resource is now available: one-pagers highlighting the impact of prison gerrymandering on Black, Native, and Latino residents in the 14 states covered by our recently-published reports.

The one-pagers are accessible from each state’s campaign page under the main report:

If you’re not in one of those states, or just looking for a big picture view, check out one of the new national one-pagers covering Black, Native American, and Latino residents.

Related briefings:

  1. Media guides to redistricting +
  2. Delaware organizing page launched +
  3. State officials tell counties to exclude prison populations from county level redistricting +

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